Learning Opportunities and Learning Behavior: A Study among MBAs in their Early Career Stage

Management Learning

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 291-311

  Van Der Sluis, Lidewey E C ^a   Poell, Rob F ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Learning behavior; Learning opportunities; Management development

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347649413     PISSN: 13505076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1350507602333001     Document Type: Article

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